Because leafs usually starts to stink after the first half of the regular season

There's no basis in that whatsoever. The Leafs were consistently mediocre throughout the season for seven years, the most well known exceptions being the few failed playoff pushes in which they began picking up points at alarming rates. It actually goes against the theory you're promoting.

There's no basis in that whatsoever. The Leafs were consistently mediocre throughout the season for seven years, the most well known exceptions being the few failed playoff pushes in which they began picking up points at alarming rates. It actually goes against the theory you're promoting.

What? Just last season you were a playoff team until january. Then you went on losing streaks which got Wilson fired. Leafs were 6-9-3 in their last games with Carlyle...

tho last season is what counts not two years ago (I know I said usually, wrong of me).

Anywho, if habs is a fraud then so is the leafs.

Maybe they are, time will tell. But the point was the Habs were frauds, and Leafs would have dispatched them in short order. It's their own fault for not earning that soft matchup when they had the chance to secure it.

Sometimes I read posts by young Hawk fans who (if we lose this series) want to fire and trade everyone. This is my response. Let's not panic. We're only down one game and can still win. If not, we've been The O6 Losers for most of the last century with only 3 Cups before 2010 in almost 100 years. Let's not throw our new winning tradition away, because we lose one series to a great franchise with great Stanley Cup champions such as Datsyuk and Zetterberg and a better goalie.

Sometimes I read posts by young Hawk fans who (if we lose this series) want to fire and trade everyone. This is my response. Let's not panic. We're only down one game and can still win. If not, we've been The O6 Losers for most of the last century with only 3 Cups before 2010 in almost 100 years. Let's not throw our new winning tradition away, because we lose one series to a great franchise with great Stanley Cup champions such as Datsyuk and Zetterberg and a better goalie.

It would be pretty stupid of the hawks to blow up their team wether they win or lose this series.

The reply when asked whether they will come back from a 3-1 series deficit.

"Probably not. They have too much depth."

In the history of the NHL, has a captain ever said less responsible words in the playoffs?

One of my fav NHLers for a long time has just shown he's past due: put the goat out to pasture. (He collected his puck after the game. With his words and his actions, if I was the coach, I'd not dress the captain next game and tell the troops: Who's ready to win?

"Probably not," Alfredsson said. "I mean, with their depth and power play right now, you know, it doesn't look too good.
"When you look at what we did, it wasn't good enough. Does that mean [Pittsburgh] was good? Did we make them good? Who really cares? From our point of view, we didn't manage the puck [well], we didn't execute our passes, and subsequently, we got punished in the neutral zone. We turned way too many pucks over and gave them some freebies. It would have been nice to have the lead for a little bit longer, but now we're back on our heels again. We didn't shut them down when it matters."

"It's a frustrating night," Alfredsson said. "But we've never quit, and we're not going to stop now. The odds are against us in every way. I don't think there's much going for us. Maybe that's the way we like it."

"Probably not," Alfredsson said. "I mean, with their depth and power play right now, you know, it doesn't look too good.
"When you look at what we did, it wasn't good enough. Does that mean [Pittsburgh] was good? Did we make them good? Who really cares? From our point of view, we didn't manage the puck [well], we didn't execute our passes, and subsequently, we got punished in the neutral zone. We turned way too many pucks over and gave them some freebies. It would have been nice to have the lead for a little bit longer, but now we're back on our heels again. We didn't shut them down when it matters."

"It's a frustrating night," Alfredsson said. "But we've never quit, and we're not going to stop now. The odds are against us in every way. I don't think there's much going for us. Maybe that's the way we like it."

I take it as "Probably not [the way we played tonight]". Hes obviously pissed that the teaam played a lousy game when it was important. Seems ppl get concerned as soon a a captain doesnt make "the promise"

It's 91, except not quite as bad, because the 91 President's Cup team lost 4-2 to the (4th place in the Norris Division, 27-39-14, 68 points) MN North Stars in the first round after being 38 points better in the regular season.

I'm looking at the bright side. Excluding the SC Finals, it's impossible for them to ever beat us in the playoffs again, and losing in the SC Finals is not exactly something to be ashamed of. Let the East deal with them.